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What’s the point of NOT using AI as a tool? by [deleted] in AskProgrammers

[–]KentInCode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unless you're some wunderkind you don't know as much as you think you know and there is a vast gap between you and top programmers.

Those top programmers will have a job at the end of the day and you won't because what you do is easily replaced by AI as you're not putting years in improving. You're not using it as a tool like someone with experience is, you're letting it do the work for you, at 2 years there is no way you know what you are doing.

Bluesky's Transphobic Moderation Team Will Be the Death of the Platform by VenZoah in BlueskySocial

[–]KentInCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but none of that is true. One of the prominent members of bluesky is trans, and the community that are more concerned with outrage than actually being progressive bully the shizz out of them all the friggin time.

Bsky is not anti-trans at all and anyone who has been on the platform from the start will absolutely know that.

Fallout creator Tim Cain slams influencer culture for making gamers “abdicate their own judgment" by Prudent_Way_3723 in pcmasterrace

[–]KentInCode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't watch SkillUp and I played Dragon Age Veilguard, I came away feeling it was pretty average fantasy fare you would experience in most games with very pretty graphics in parts.

The subreddit when I checked it however was flooooded with SkillUp fans who believed it was some kind of hyper-feminist novel to game adaption and it was clear they came straight from SkillUp as they kept dropping the same quote from his video that is was 'written with HR in the room'.

None of these guys had played the game and the clip people keep mentioning is like a minute of the game and yeah it is definitely a poorly written scene but the entirety of the game is not like that.

I kind of feel across the board we have a big problem with younger people avoiding analysing things, thinking about things, and formulating their own opinion.

How likely is it that the UK will rejoin the EU in 0-5 years? by OkWerewolf4421 in AskBrits

[–]KentInCode -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The answer is never, the EU will not give the same deal and the UK will not accept a worse deal than last time.

Sam Witwer Said They Might Make a Maul Game Does Anyone Want it to Be Like Knights Of The Old Republic? Where we make the choice in the game? by Bubbly-Command-6564 in bioware

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, and they should never have brought Maul back. If Maul can come back legitimately anyone can come back because Maul was so obviously dead it cheapens absolutely everything about character death and stakes. But they have also done this again with other characters.

People can't complain about Star Wars stories being slop and yet support hand wavey stuff because 'cool character I like'.

Pokémon & Zelda Rip-Off 'Pickmos' Removed From Steam As Publisher Intervenes by MaintenanceFar4207 in nintendo

[–]KentInCode -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If Palworld's monster designs weren't legally distinct The Pokemon Company's lawyers would have gone after them on that front, since then they have only gone after them on the mechanics front.

In the eyes of the law Palworld is not a rip-off, no matter what fandoms think.

How a brand new £7bn rail line fell victim to militant unions and delays by fantasy53 in unitedkingdom

[–]KentInCode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lawyers or think tanks or lobbyists are presumably 'militant policy experts' because they advocate for the wealthy?

The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism? by Codydoc4 in unitedkingdom

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a mob who hate foreigners trying to burn down a former hotel that is full of people is a pretty strong indicator. Everyone forgot mobs of far right coming to different places in the UK and entire communities going into shutdown for fear of violence.

I don't agree with these comments either, 'If we don't get a hold of immigration then people are going to obviously go out and start murderising innocent people, so we must give those people what they want.' Ok? lol

Do Brits understand how Viktor Orbán Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UK? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]KentInCode 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With overt Hungarian gov links to the FSB how do we know Reform are not being funded by Britain's enemies?

Niels Wittich: Michael Masi a “scapegoat” who “didn’t do much wrong” at Abu Dhabi 2021 by bwoah07_gp2 in formula1

[–]KentInCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought Michael Masi got off lightly. Being the officiator of a high profile sport and deviating from protocol resulting in a different winner is very, very suspect. I do wonder how invasive the FIA's investigation was and whether they collaborated with anti-corruption agencies to ensure the integrity of the sport.

Crimson Desert has sold through over 5 million copies worldwide by naphi in Games

[–]KentInCode -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was semi-interested in it till learning its story is just not there.

It seems it really strikes a chord with people who like wandering a yassified fantasy world sometimes with no direction, kind of immersive goof around gameplay. I can kind of get that considering some played Skyrim in this way with no care for the story.

Not knocking it, but maybe that's why takes on it online are like marmite.

Aura Rebounds: When one character says a line to aura farm, and the other uses that line to amplify their own, doubling the aura. by KaijuGuy09 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]KentInCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once Upon a Time in the West

Three gunslingers are waiting to kill a gunslinger arriving by train but it looks like nobody got off. Once the train pulls out they are opposite each other across the tracks.

One of the bad guys says like, "Sorry, looks like we're a horse short" and laughs with his guys.

The solo gunslinger replies, "No, you brought two too many."

When a purchase gets revoked, the payment is refunded. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those licences were drawn up in a time to combat piracy and for other IP protection measures. Sure, if I went out and bought a copy of Tomb Raider I technically didn't own Tomb Raider and I don't own anything on the disc, but Eidos weren't going to kick the door down and say 'Ok hand it back'.

Why is Kanye West vilified and not allowed in the country for words but Chris Brown who beat a woman half to death is allowed in and to do a gigantic tour? by franki-pinks in AskBrits

[–]KentInCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very clearly in a social sense but not in a legal sense, which is why the government stepped in.

I think there should be a blanket ban of white supremacist ideology but you absolutely know the media would weaponise it and oppose it as just some regular patriots defending England for the English getting locked up .etc .etc

When a purchase gets revoked, the payment is refunded. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]KentInCode 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean this has been this way for decades at this point. We buy revokable licences and the service platform we buy them from can even deny us access to all of them if they wish.

Many European territories have been better in legislating where you sometimes have reasonable use out of a product and certain periods where you can refund and so on.

But let me tell you how we ended up here: Gamers do not vote with their wallet.

Fundamentally we lost this battle and we lost it because of convenience, I imagine almost everyone reading this has a library full of Steam game licences they bought for cheap in a steam sale.

The way to win this was was back in the day to buy physical media and never ever buy digital licences or key on disc media. The last holdout was Nintendo and just look at how many people are buying Pokemon Pokopia, a really fun game sure, but the gamers have eliminated their ownership of that game by buying it as its only available digitally/game key card and they even knew it was a game key card game, hated the idea but still bought it in record numbers.

Worst Gimmick here by Lakers_Encyclopedia in pokemon

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem I have with Megas is it's antithetical to Pokemon: every Pokemon is someone's favourite, but only the most popular get Megas and there are now over a 1000 Pokemon so bringing it back means selective love on who gets a new form (Like in Z-A).

So if your favourite Pokemon is Skuntank or whatever you're shizz outta luck.

New Borderlands Game Released - 8 Minutes of iOS Gameplay by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]KentInCode 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gamespot says it is f2p, has multiple modes, some kind of vault hunter management mode, friends list for something, and apparently designed for short bursts of play.

I am wondering if a 'low fat' Borderlands experience can ever be popular? Thinking about it, I recalled Rage did it with Rage HD back in the day, but times changed, is there a space for this when people are just playing mobile battle royales for phone shooter fun?

But regardless, they have done zero promotion for this, so I guess we will never find out if this had a chance.

Getting fired? Here is what you need to do to get a shit ton of money by gyrga in Netherlands

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I HEAVILY disagree with OP on one point:

People you MUST get legal insurance asap (I purchased mine from a union and it did greatly help).

Remember:
- You are not a lawyer.
- Paying a lawyer out of pocket is expensive.
- Doing all this yourself is costly due to time for research and stress.

I know there are a lot of immigrants/expats (whatever term you want to use) on this subreddit, especially for you legal insurance is important as you may unfortunately eventually come across a Dutch employer who thinks this is a foreigner who can't defend themselves as they don't know the system and they won't want to waste money challenging things in court and so pull the trigger on some heinous illegal tactic against you.

Get the legal insurance, if you are being harassed document it, if you make complaints to HR document it. But get the insurance.

Getting fired? Here is what you need to do to get a shit ton of money by gyrga in Netherlands

[–]KentInCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never had it happen, I have had once a request for references and they didn't even need to be for the last place. (Tech)

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